Yes, and don't forget photovoltaics aren't limited to the crust - they can scale upwards, outwards, on top of oceanic deserts and arid lands.

Cover sunny, bleak northern africa in towering photovoltaics panels baby!

Labeling a massive geographic zone in an underdeveloped, historically exploited area—one which plays a key role in how the climate works—-as useless, and then converting it to an extractive industry…what could go wrong?

I’m as optimistic as the next person about energy tech, but I hope it doesn’t turn out like yet more colonialism.